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India's power trading desk now lives in fifteen-minute blocks. Its data has to keep up

Short-term power trading is growing, the Real-Time Market is its fastest-growing segment, and market coupling, derivatives and deviation-settlement reform are changing the rules. Desks that win will be the ones whose forecasts, positions and settlements are trusted by gate closure.

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Data points shaping energy and utilities now

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302 BU
short-term power transacted in India in FY2025-26 (market data, Indian Infrastructure)
Source: Indian Infrastructure, July 2026
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37%
longer equipment lifespan through predictive insights, for a national oil company in the Gulf
Source: DaasLabs energy case study
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Days → minutes
time to a maintenance decision with a bilingual voice assistant
Source: DaasLabs energy case study
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257K
sites in one Energy-360 model for a national telecom-tower company in India
Source: DaasLabs energy case study
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Point of viewPower markets & data

India's power trading desk now lives in fifteen-minute blocks. Its data has to keep up

Short-term power trading is growing, the Real-Time Market is its fastest-growing segment, and market coupling, derivatives and deviation-settlement reform are changing the rules. Desks that win will be the ones whose forecasts, positions and settlements are trusted by gate closure.

7 min read

Point of viewPower & discoms

AT&C losses are a data problem before they are a vigilance problem

Smart prepaid metering gives Indian discoms the data to see where energy goes missing, from the feeder to the consumer. The losses fall when that data is joined to billing, the network and the vigilance team's list — and when officers, not algorithms, decide who is inspected.

7 min read

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Power & discoms

Point of viewPower & discoms

AT&C losses are a data problem before they are a vigilance problem

Smart prepaid metering gives Indian discoms the data to see where energy goes missing, from the feeder to the consumer. The losses fall when that data is joined to billing, the network and the vigilance team's list — and when officers, not algorithms, decide who is inspected.

7 min read

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Power markets & data

Point of viewPower markets & data

India's power trading desk now lives in fifteen-minute blocks. Its data has to keep up

Short-term power trading is growing, the Real-Time Market is its fastest-growing segment, and market coupling, derivatives and deviation-settlement reform are changing the rules. Desks that win will be the ones whose forecasts, positions and settlements are trusted by gate closure.

7 min read

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